2923.18
License or temporary permit to possess or use dangerous ordnance.

(A)
Upon
application to the sheriff of the county or safety director or police chief of
the municipality where the applicant resides or has his principal place of
business, and upon payment of the fee specified in division (B) of this
section, a license or temporary permit shall be issued to qualified applicants
to acquire, possess, carry, or use dangerous ordnance, for the following
purposes:

(1)
Contractors, wreckers,
quarrymen, mine operators, and other persons regularly employing explosives in
the course of a legitimate business, with respect to explosives and explosive
devices acquired, possessed, carried, or used in the course of such business;

(2)
Farmers, with respect to
explosives and explosive devices acquired, possessed, carried, or used for
agricultural purposes on lands farmed by them;

(3)
Scientists, engineers, and instructors,
with respect to dangerous ordnance acquired, possessed, carried, or used in the
course of bona fide research or instruction;

(4)
Financial institution and armored car
company guards, with respect to automatic firearms lawfully acquired,
possessed, carried, or used by any such person while acting within the scope of
his duties;

(5)
In the discretion
of the issuing authority, any responsible person, with respect to dangerous
ordnance lawfully acquired, possessed, carried, or used for a legitimate
research, scientific, educational, industrial, or other proper purpose.

(B)
Application for a
license or temporary permit under this section shall be in writing under oath
to the sheriff of the county or safety director or police chief of the
municipality where the applicant resides or has his principal place of
business. The application shall be accompanied by an application fee of fifty
dollars when the application is for a license, and an application fee of five
dollars when the application is for a temporary permit. The fees shall be paid
into the general revenue fund of the county or municipality. The application
shall contain the following information:

(1)
The name, age, address, occupation, and business address of the applicant, if
he is a natural person, or the name, address, and principal place of business
of the applicant, if the applicant is a corporation;

(2)
A description of the dangerous ordnance
for which a permit is requested;

(3)
A description of the place or places
where and the manner in which the dangerous ordnance is to be kept, carried,
and used;

(4)
A statement of the
purposes for which the dangerous ordnance is to be acquired, possessed,
carried, or used;

(5)
Such other
information as the issuing authority may require in giving effect to this
section.

(C)
Upon
investigation, the issuing authority shall issue a license or temporary permit
only if all of the following apply:

(1)
The
applicant is not otherwise prohibited by law from acquiring, having, carrying
or using dangerous ordnance;

(2)
The applicant is age twenty-one or over, if he is a natural person;

(3)
It appears that the applicant has
sufficient competence to safely acquire, possess, carry, or use the dangerous
ordnance, and that proper precautions will be taken to protect the security of
the dangerous ordnance and ensure the safety of persons and property;

(4)
It appears that the dangerous
ordnance will be lawfully acquired, possessed, carried, and used by the
applicant for a legitimate purpose.

(D)
The license or temporary permit shall identify the
person to whom it is issued, identify the dangerous ordnance involved and state
the purposes for which the license or temporary permit is issued, state the
expiration date, if any, and list such restrictions on the acquisition,
possession, carriage, or use of the dangerous ordnance as the issuing authority
considers advisable to protect the security of the dangerous ordnance and
ensure the safety of persons and property.

(E)
A temporary permit shall be issued for the casual
use of explosives and explosive devices, and other consumable dangerous
ordnance, and shall expire within thirty days of its issuance. A license shall
be issued for the regular use of consumable dangerous ordnance, or for any
nonconsumable dangerous ordnance, which license need not specify an expiration
date, but the issuing authority may specify such expiration date, not earlier
than one year from the date of issuance, as it considers advisable in view of
the nature of the dangerous ordnance and the purposes for which the license is
issued.

(F)
The dangerous
ordnance specified in a license or temporary permit may be obtained by the
holder anywhere in the state. The holder of a license may use such dangerous
ordnance anywhere in the state. The holder of a temporary permit may use such
dangerous ordnance only within the territorial jurisdiction of the issuing
authority.

(G)
The issuing
authority shall forward to the state fire marshal a copy of each license or
temporary permit issued pursuant to this section, and a copy of each record of
a transaction in dangerous ordnance and of each report of lost or stolen
dangerous ordnance, given to the local law enforcement authority as required by
divisions (A)(4) and (5) of section
2923.20 of the Revised Code. The
state fire marshal shall keep a permanent file of all licenses and temporary
permits issued pursuant to this section, and of all records of transactions in,
and losses or thefts of dangerous ordnance forwarded by local law enforcement
authorities pursuant to this section.